Implementation service for invoice status portal on SAP Business Network
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Implementation service for invoice status portal on SAP Business Network
Deploying an invoice status portal with help from SAP experts.
Business needs
• Your account payables team may be spending a lot of time fielding inquiries about invoices and payment status, approval, rejection,
and more
• Invoice status portal allows your suppliers to find the invoice and payment information they need when they need it, freeing up your
resources to focus on more value-added activities
• You want help in deploying invoice status portal
Solution
• Assistance with technical implementation of the invoice status portal, including understanding how to connect your ERP system to
the invoice status portal and how to configure your SAP Business Network account for integration with the portal
• Assistance with functional implementation for enabling suppliers on the invoice status portal, including access to supplier generic
communication templates available on the invoice status portal
Business outcomes
• Improve operational efficiencies: have your accounts payables team spend less time with inquiries of suppliers about invoice and
payment status, invoice approval and rejection
• Increase supplier satisfaction: let your suppliers find invoice and payment information when they need it
• Free up resources to focus on more strategic activities
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Implementation service for invoice status portal on SAP Business Network
Deploying an invoice status portal with help from SAP experts.
Business needs
• Your account payables team may be spending a lot of time fielding inquiries about invoices and payment status, approval, rejection,
and more
• Invoice status portal allows your suppliers to find the invoice and payment information they need when they need it, freeing up your
resources to focus on more value-added activities
• You want help in deploying invoice status portal
Solution
• Assistance with technical implementation of the invoice status portal, including understanding how to connect your ERP system to
the invoice status portal and how to configure your SAP Business Network account for integration with the portal
• Assistance with functional implementation for enabling suppliers on the invoice status portal, including access to supplier generic
communication templates available on the invoice status portal
Business outcomes
• Improve operational efficiencies: have your accounts payables team spend less time with inquiries of suppliers about invoice and
payment status, invoice approval and rejection
• Increase supplier satisfaction: let your suppliers find invoice and payment information when they need it
• Free up resources to focus on more strategic activities
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Implementation service for invoice status portal on SAP Business Network
Deploying an invoice status portal with help from SAP experts.
Engagement start
Week 1–3
• Prepare service schedule
• Review invoice status portal documentation
• Review invoice status portal specifics
• Confirm invoice status portal transactions to
integrate
Week 4–11
• Integrate transactions from the customer’s
back end to SAP Business Network
• Configure buyer account and transaction
rules
• Understand how to communicate with
suppliers
• Build final communication content
• Test solution
• Prepare cutover to production
Week 12–14
• Transition to production
• Provide support two weeks post go-live
(reactive support provided to customer by
SAP)
• Close the service with one exit meeting
Scope deliverables
• Generic communication templates for supplier-facing
communication
• SAP-standard test plan for invoice status portal
Customer roles and responsibilities
• Project manager: Single point of contact for SAP
• End users: Undertake testing and training
• Functional lead: Configuration alongside SAP team
• Technical lead: Execution of activities that affect customer
systems and data
Out-of-scope items
• Payment remittance transaction type integration
• Supplier outreach or matching
• SAP Business Network buyer account setup beyond the
transaction rule needed for invoice status portal activation
• Data cleansing, clean up, or migration
• Customer specific authorizations, roles, and security concepts
Estimated duration: 14 weeks
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Implementation service for invoice status portal on SAP Business Network
Deploying an invoice status portal with help from SAP experts.
Engagement start
Week 1–3
• Prepare service schedule
• Review invoice status portal documentation
• Review invoice status portal specifics
• Confirm invoice status portal transactions to
integrate
Week 4–11
• Integrate transactions from the customer’s
back end to SAP Business Network
• Configure buyer account and transaction
rules
• Understand how to communicate with
suppliers
• Build final communication content
• Test solution
• Prepare cutover to production
Week 12–14
• Transition to production
• Provide support two weeks post go-live
(reactive support provided to customer by
SAP)
• Close the service with one exit meeting
Scope deliverables
• Generic communication templates for supplier-facing
communication
• SAP-standard test plan for invoice status portal
Customer roles and responsibilities
• Project manager: Single point of contact for SAP
• End users: Undertake testing and training
• Functional lead: Configuration alongside SAP team
• Technical lead: Execution of activities that affect customer
systems and data
Out-of-scope items
• Payment remittance transaction type integration
• Supplier outreach or matching
• SAP Business Network buyer account setup beyond the
transaction rule needed for invoice status portal activation
• Data cleansing, clean up, or migration
• Customer specific authorizations, roles, and security concepts
Estimated duration: 14 weeks
PUBLIC © 2025 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. See Legal Notice on www.sap.com/legal-notice for use terms, disclaimers, disclosures, or restrictions related to this material.